Comment on Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take
quarkquasar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The amount of adult stuff being deliberately pointed at children has increased quite a lot over even just the past couple years, because the corporations know that no one is going to come after them for it.
Hell, at my work, we replaced a court-ordered anti-smoking sign with a giant wall of cigarettes, so that we could make room for a bunch of new fruity flavors of nicotine pouches so that kids can become new addicts.
It’s always been the goal to get children consuming products. It’s a known function of humans that they usually stick to whatever they were doing when they were kids well into adulthood. It’s harder to convince an adult with pre-established routines and preferred products to switch over.
You’re right though that it’s getting pretty blatant now, but that’s to be expected as we dismantle food and drug regulations.
If you can die in an industrial accident at 14, you should be able to enjoy the great taste of beer after work - even if you still have to wait for the alcohol.
Not just the children - under age also includes teenagers and young adults in this case. Honestly, indoctrination has always been the case, since there is a push that drugs are harmful for all, why not indoctrinate the youngest of all: children. By the time they grow up to be teens they will be addicts.
I suspect this is legal because “under aged” in the US doesnt explicitly mean “under 18”, since the legal drinking age is 21.
To be fair, under aged also doesnt mean child.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
You didn’t like the smooth draw of a candy cigarette as a kid?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 week ago
I can almost taste the chalk now.